title: Predictors of survival after coronary bypass grafting in patients with total occlusion of the left main coronary artery.
abstract: Twenty-three patients with angiographically documented total occlusion of the left main coronary artery were retrospectively identified. Statistical analysis suggests that poor right-to-left collaterals and the presence of concurrent significant right coronary artery disease were weakly associated with decreased survival after bypass surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA.
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jandhyala
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruel
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lundstrom
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Jorgensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis